Essays on Human Rights, and Their Political GuarantiesFowler and Wells, 1850 - 249 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 9
... Creator . Here is spread wide the grand entrance - door of tyranny . What may not the legislature see fit to declare to be right or wrong , duty or misdemeanor ! If the law forbid that which nature allows , it restrains hu- man liberty ...
... Creator . Here is spread wide the grand entrance - door of tyranny . What may not the legislature see fit to declare to be right or wrong , duty or misdemeanor ! If the law forbid that which nature allows , it restrains hu- man liberty ...
Σελίδα 14
... even the very smallest favors . The opposite view of this subject may be thus stated : - Life is the gift of a beneficent Creator ; but , once bestowed , it becomes a right as against all but the Donor 14 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR GUARANTIES .
... even the very smallest favors . The opposite view of this subject may be thus stated : - Life is the gift of a beneficent Creator ; but , once bestowed , it becomes a right as against all but the Donor 14 HUMAN RIGHTS AND THEIR GUARANTIES .
Σελίδα 15
... Creator may bestow or withhold the former at his pleasure ; but it is inconsistent with his benevolence to be- stow the former without the latter . The fact of existence is one evidence of the right to exist . But Man has further ...
... Creator may bestow or withhold the former at his pleasure ; but it is inconsistent with his benevolence to be- stow the former without the latter . The fact of existence is one evidence of the right to exist . But Man has further ...
Σελίδα 16
... Creator is manifested in his works , we behold evidence of infinite beneficence . He has provided for the necessities of all his creatures . Every want is a source of pleasure , because its means of gratification are abundant . To ...
... Creator is manifested in his works , we behold evidence of infinite beneficence . He has provided for the necessities of all his creatures . Every want is a source of pleasure , because its means of gratification are abundant . To ...
Σελίδα 17
... Creator has spread around him the means of indulgence , who can deny him this means of happiness ? Not man , surely . Let no one fear that dangerous conclusions may be drawn from these premises . There is a wide difference between the ...
... Creator has spread around him the means of indulgence , who can deny him this means of happiness ? Not man , surely . Let no one fear that dangerous conclusions may be drawn from these premises . There is a wide difference between the ...
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Essays on Human Rights and Their Political Guaranties, Τεύχη 1-6 Elisha P. Hurlbut Πλήρης προβολή - 1845 |
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Σελίδα 160 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Σελίδα 232 - No such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it, at such election.
Σελίδα 175 - The labour of his body and the work of his hands we may say are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Σελίδα 221 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Σελίδα 232 - ... impose and provide for the collection of a direct annual tax to pay, and sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within eighteen years from the time of the contracting thereof.
Σελίδα 84 - AND WHEREAS the ministers of the gospel, are by their profession dedicated to the service of God and the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding any civil or military office or place, within this State.
Σελίδα 163 - Yet the lower rank of people, who were always fond of the old common law, still claim and exert their ancient privilege: and the courts of law will still permit a husband to restrain a wife of her liberty, in case of any gross misbehaviour.
Σελίδα 232 - In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the state may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the state in war...
Σελίδα 77 - That no person who shall deny the being of God, or the Truth of the Protestant Religion, or the Divine Authority either of the Old or New Testament, or who shall hold Religious Principles incompatible with the Freedom and Safety of the State, shall be capable of holding any Office or Place of Trust or Profit in the Civil Department, within this State.
Σελίδα 195 - In vain may it be urged that the good of the individual ought to yield to that of the community, for it would be dangerous to allow any private man, or even...